Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 6/1/1861 as a Private.
On 6/1/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. MS 18th Infantry
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA
(Estimated date of enlistment)
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* from company C to company G
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Southern Historical Society Papers: Appomattox Paroles ANV
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Thomas D. Carr, Private, Company C, 18th Regiment Mississippi Vols., enlisted March 10, 1862 at Canton, Miss. by Sgt. McKie for 2 years or the war, paid $50 bounty, admitted General Hospital Camp Winder, Richmnd, Va. May 9, 1862, Diarrhoea, transferred to Company G (Camden Rifles), January 1, 1863, wounded Wilderness May 6, 1864, admitted hospital Lyncburg, Va. and present there June 27, 1864, present with regiment July 15, 1864, captured at Fredericksburg, Va., May 3, 1865, forwarded from Old Capitol Prison [Washington, D. C.] to Fort Delaware, Del. prison camp May 7, 1863, received at City Point, Va. May 23, 1865, paroled, for exchange, description on enlistment: 18 year old single Farmer/S. Teacher, born in Georgia, resident of Camden, Miss.
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
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Record of Events
Company C (Confederates)
Stationed at Corinth, Mississippi, June 7, 1861.
June 7.— Muster-in roll of Captain 0. R. Singleton's Company
C, in the Eighteenth Regiment of Mississippi, commanded by
Colonel E. R. Burt, called into the service of the Confederate
States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the Act of
Congress passed February —, 1861 by — from May 28, 1861
(date of this muster) for the term of twelve months, unless sooner
discharged. . . . W. S. WALKER,
Captain,
Confederate States of Army, Mustering Officer.
Stationed at Leesburg, May 28-June 30, 1861.
Stationed at Loudoun County, Virginia, July-August 1861.
Stationed at Leesburg, Virginia, September-October 1861.
[For record of events, see Company A.]
Sustained the following lost, killed none. Wounded, Private
Frank Clark, died October 25. John [illegible], Willis Haddox.
W. D. Sanders, G. C. Short.
H. LOVE,
First Lieutenant,
Commanding Company.
Stationed at camp near Richmond, March-April 1862.
Stationed at camp near Richmond, May-June 1862.
June 7, 1861.— This company was enlisted at Corinth, Missis-
sippi by Captain Walker.
February 15, 1862.— The company was reenlisted at Leesburg,
Virginia by Captain Sayers.
J. C. CAMPBELL,
Major and Mustering Officer.
Stationed at Lee's Mills, Virginia, April 30, 1862.
April 30.— Muster-in roll of Captain E. G. Henry's Company C,
in the Eighteenth Regiment of Mississippi, commanded by
Colonel Thomas M. Griffin, called into the service of the Confed-
erate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the
Act of Congress passed February —, 1861 by — from April
28, 1862 (date of this muster) for the term of twelve months,
unless sooner discharged. . . .THOMAS M. GRIFFIN,
Mustering Officer.
Stationed at camp near Culpeper, July-August 1862.
Stationed near Fredericksburg, Virginia, September-October
1862.
Stationed at Fredericksburg, Virginia, November 1862-April
1863.
Company G (Camden Rifles)
Stationed at Fredericksburg, Virginia, November-December 1862.
After being in camps several weeks near Culpeper Court-
House, performed a forced march to Fredericksburg, a distance of
thirty-eight miles in three days.
November 21.— Arrived here.
December 11.— Opposed the enemy's crossing of the Rappahan-
nock, with the loss of one man killed and several wounded. On
the night of December 11 was relieved from the advanced post
occupied throughout the day and fell back to our permanent line
of battle.
On the night of the — the enemy recrossed the Rappahan-
nock, since which time we have occupied our present camping
ground.
The changes which have occurred in the company roll since
November 1 are four joined, two discharged and one killed.
Stationed at Fredericksburg, January-February 1863.
After several weeks camp near Fredericksburg, the company
took up quarters in this place occupying the houses recently
vacated by the citizens.
Its health has been unusually good since here, the effect of
comfortable quarters.
The alterations in the company, since last muster, are one
died of wounds received.
December 12.— [William] R. Chambers transferred and Franklin
Anderson promoted.
Stationed at Fredericksburg, Virginia, March-April 1863.
Stationed at camp in Orange County near Raccoon Ford, May-
June 1863.
Stationed at Frederick Hall, Virginia, July-August 1863.
Stationed near Chattanooga, Tennessee, September-October 1863.
Stationed at Petersburg, Virginia, November 1863-June 1864.
Stationed at Brucetown, Virginia, July-August 1864.
Station not stated, not dated.
I have no guns, cartridges, boxes, knapsacks but eleven pairs
of blankets and no coffee pots. The remainder of camp articles
are furnished.
A. McWILLIS,
Captain,
Commanding Camden Rifles.
Stationed near Richmond, Virginia, March 7, 1865.
This company was organized at Camden, Madison County,
Mississippi and mustered into the service of the state by Captain
0. R. Singleton. It elected upon its organization the following
named officers: Adam McWillis, Captain; G. A. Gibson, First
Lieutenant; Ebenezer Young, Second Lieutenant; and Robert W.
Simpson, Third.
On the — day of June, the company received orders to
report at Corinth, at which place a few days after its arrival, it
was assigned a position in the Eighteenth Regiment of Mississippi
Infantry and mustered into the services of the Confederate States.
June 10.— The regiment having received orders to that effect,
left Corinth for Virginia.
June 18.— Arrived at Camp Walker. Here with the Seventeenth
Regiment of Mississippi Infantry and Fifth Regiment of South
Carolina Infantry, it was formed into a brigade.
July 17.— The regiment was ordered to take position in line of
battle near Bull Run.
July 21.— The regiment was engaged in the memorable battle of
July 21, 1861. The company lost in this battle three killed and
two wounded. Captain McWillis was among the killed.
July 23.— The regiment pitched camp near Centreville, where it
remained.
August 3.— Took up line of march for Leesburg. At Leesburg it
passed the winter, not leaving until the retreat of General John-
ston from Manassas. It passed through the Peninsula. The com-
pany was engaged in the battles of Malvern Hill and Savage Sta-
tion.
August 20, 1862.— We started on the first Maryland Campaign
and participated in all the principal engagements.
June 9, 1863.— After retreating into Virginia and passing that
winter, it started on the second Maryland Campaign.
Was engaged in the battle of Gettysburg, in which its loss
was heavy. Up to this time, the regiment, with the exception of
the time passed at Leesburg, had never been detached from the
main body of the Army and a memoranda of the events of the
Army of Northern Virginia is applicable to this regiment.
September 10, 1864.— The regiment received orders to report to
northern Georgia to reinforce the Army of General Bragg.
Arrived in time to take part in the battle of Chickamauga.
Shortly after the battle, it was detached from the main por-
tion of Bragg's Army and sent under General Longstreet into East
Tennessee. Here, after the battle of Knoxville in which it was
engaged, it went into winter quarters.
From Tennessee, the regiment returned to the Army of
Northern Virginia and has since accompanied it in all of the prin-
cipal battles, etc.
The regiment however was detached and sent to the Valley
last spring, where it remained until November.
It was engaged in the battles of Berryville and Cedar Creek.
From the Valley of the Shenandoah, it returned to the entrench-
ments around Richmond, where it still is.
This company has never been detached from the regiment
and has contributed its full share to whatever reputation the regi-
ment may have won.
I hereby certify that the foregoing record of names, dates,
facts and historical memoranda are correctly given.
[JOHN] R. BRODNAX,
Sergeant,
Commanding Company.
Recapitulation
Whole number on roll 122
Loss 94
Present on furlough or in prison 28
Casualties:
Killed and wounded 64
Captured 44
Married 12
Born in Mississippi 80
Born in southern states 36
Born in northern states —
Nativity not known 6
Killed and died of wounds 23
Died of disease 16
Discharged for disability 16
Discharged, retired or dropped for wounds 8
Expired 8
Transferred 7
By promotion 2
Deserted 5
Missing 2
Dropped 2
Discharged under age 2
Discharged over age 1
[Total] 94
Transfers to companies in regiment 1
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18th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
18th Infantry Regiment, organized in June, 1861, at Corinth, Mississippi, recruited its members in Yazoo, Coahoma, Madison, De Soto, and Hinds counties. Ordered to Virginia, the unit fought at First Manassas under D.R. Jones, then was engaged at Leesburg. In April, 1862, it contained 684 effectives and served in General Griffith's, Barksdale, and Humphrey's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 18th participated in many campaigns from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor including the operations at Chickamauga and Knoxville. It went on to fight with Early in the Shenandoah Valley and later around Appomattox. The unit reported 38 casualties at First Manassas, 85 at Leesburg, and 132 at Malvern Hill. Of the 186 engaged at Sharpsburg, forty-three percent were disabled. It had 18 wounded at Fredericksburg, 25 killed and 43 wounded at Chancellorsville, and 18 killed and 82 wounded of the 242 at Gettysburg. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek, and only 4 officers and 44 men surrendered. The field officers were Colonels E.R. Burt and Thomas M. Griffin; Lieutenant Colonel Walter G. Kearney and William H. Luse; and Majors John W. Balfour, James C. Campbell, G.B. Gerald, and E.G. Henry.
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